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Subject: [CASTANIS] pre-1905 weekly update
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:51:46 -0800


>Hi all;
>Time for our weekly update on the project. I think we are still sane. We
want to thank all those that have made donations to the project. They are
GREATLY appreciated and much needed.
>
>We now have over 80 transcriptionists. They are typing as fast as the
records are coming in the door. It definitely has kept Laura, Steve and I
busy staying on top of everything. This project is moving so much faster
than we ever dreamed. We could not do it without all of those
transcriptionists, volunteers and my wonderful #2s, Steve and Laura.
>
>For those of you who are reading this update for the first time, this is
the online pre-1905 death records for all counties in California. Later, we
hope to do the marriages and births, but right now, our goal is to complete
the deaths.
>
>We have had several people that have emailed me with the wonderful stories
of finding relatives on the lists...some having searched for several years
for death dates of ancestors. It is really fantastic to get these stories
and makes it worth all the work that is entailed in this project. We have
shared some of them with all the volunteers so that they can appreciate
them as well. Thank you to those of you that have shared your stories.
>
>We currently have the following counties distributed and in transcription:
>
>San Bernardino County Book Two
>Los Angeles County, Books One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six
>Marin County Book Two
>Colusa County Book Two
>Humboldt County Book One and Two
>Butte County Book Two
>Mendocino County
>San Luis Obispo
>Placer County
>El Dorado County
>Amador County
>Nevada County
>Klamath County
>Mariposa County
>City of Oakland
>San Benito County
>Siskiyou County
>Kern County
>
>
>The website address is:
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905
>
>We have the following already online:
>
>Butte County Book One
>Colusa County Book One
>Madera County
>Marin County Book One
>Riverside County
>San Bernardino County Book One
>San Diego County
>
>The following counties are on the verge of being placed online and should
be online really soon:
>
>San Bernardino County Book Two
>Colusa County Book Two
>Marin County Book Two
>Mendocino County
>
>We have received funding for the following counties which have been
ordered and should be in transcription phase soon:
>
>Modoc County
>Shasta County
>
>Undesignated donations are currently being collected for San Francisco
County which is a very large number of files. As soon as we get enough to
get these records, they will be distributed for transcription. Other
counties that are in various pending stages are:
>
>Del Norte County
>Fresno County
>Lake County
>Monterey County
>Orange County
>San Francisco County
>Tehama County
>
>DONATIONS: Desperately needed. We pay about .35 - .50 per page of about
40 names for the death registers. When you calculate how many records are
in a given county, you can easily see the costs factors involved. We need
all the help we can get. We have some people who are sponsoring whole
counties and we have others sending small checks to help. Every little bit
helps and all is greatly appreciated. ALSO, postage to get the files to the
transcribers is wonderful. Each packet that we send out to be transcribed
averages about $1.25 in postage. This adds up to alot of postage. We have
sent out over 100 packets. Please send donations to me. I am keeping
accountings of all the funds for those that have any questions. These
records are updated daily. We are still in the red, although, thanks to the
donations received to date, there might be a light at the end of the tunnel.
>
>Based on the information that we have received from those that have
responded to previous updates, we will be making CDs of the information
that we have. Although we do not know yet, the cost for these CDs, the sale
of these will be helping to fund future counties and records. We, as yet,
have not determined how many counties or whether by region or
alphabetically they will be placed on the CDs. This is still in the
determination phase.
>
>I have received hundreds of emails from those that want information or
just to say thank you for the project. These are all great to receive as
they help us determine what you, the users, want on this website. Thank you
all for your input. This project is for your FREE use. That's all for now.
Till next week....
>
>Donna Bradley
>Pre-1905 Project Coordinator
>P. O. Box 391368
>Anza, CA 92539-1368
>
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905
>
>

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